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Friday, July 14, 2017

13 July - Blogs I'm Following 2 of 2

A sailor stands below the hull patch over the starboard hole in USS Fitzgerald. US Navy Photo *USNI News:* *New Dry Dock Photos Show the Scope of Hidden USS Fitzgerald Damage* A new series of photos released on Wednesday by U.S. 7th fleet now show the hidden damage suffered by USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) from its June 17 collision with a merchant vessel. The pictures of the guided missile destroyer from the Navy’s dry dock facility in Yokosuka, Japan show the size of the hole the bulbous bow of ACX Crystal punched into Fitzgerald’s starboard side amidships below the waterline. Four ...more »

Sergey Lavrov is correct to blast the EU's role in fomenting instability and violence in Ukraine. That being said, the Minsk agreements were dead on arrival and nothing will resuscitate them. Only legal regime change in Kiev can provide a solution. The post Regime change in Kiev remains the only just option appeared first on The Duran.

Hillary and Ukraine better hope that Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Christopher Wray, is not confirmed by the Senate. The post Trump’s new FBI Director will go after Ukraine, Hillary Clinton, and their election collusion appeared first on The Duran.

Jazz musician, author and philosopher Gilad Atzmon spoke with The Duran about Roger Waters verses the Israel lobby, the place of politics in music, freedom versus dogma and Palestinian freedom in the 21st century. The post EXCLUSIVE: Gilad Atzmon on politics in music, Roger Waters, Palestine and humanitarianism appeared first on The Duran.

#LarsenC break-up extends the march of ice shelf retreat toward the pole, as climatic limit recedes to the south [UPDATED with latest break] pic.twitter.com/JdX97nsw2h — Climate Signals (@ClimateSignals) July 12, 2017 *by Gaius Publius* *We need new Cassandras to warn us of new disasters, even though they'll never be believed.* —Richard Clarke (paraphrased) *I'll be your Cassandra this week.* —Yours truly Part of a massive ice shelf in Antarctica, called "Larsen C," has split, and a huge iceberg has "calved off" from the rest of the glacier and entered the ocean. See the tweeted...more »

*Stephen Hawking - or a reasonable facsimile* The other day a shocking article posted on the blog: *Signs Of The Times *caught my eye. The headline asked the stunning question: *"Is Stephen Hawking Scientifically Illiterate?"* Regular readers will know my opinion of the entity called "Stephen Hawking". I believe that this entity is currently another hoax...like the lunar landing hoax and actually closely associated with same. So, when this article seemed to support my long-held thesis, I eagerly read the contents. It is a rather long article but I have copied two snippets so ...more »

Donald Trump sitting with a number of people mentioned in Junior's collusion email in 2013.Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: *Investigators are re-examining conversations detected by U.S. intelligence agencies in spring 2015 that captured Russian government officials discussing associates of Donald Trump, according to current and former U.S. officials, a move prompted by revelations that the president’s eldest son met with a Russian lawyer last year. * *In some cases, the Russians in the overheard conversations talked about meetings held outside the U.S. involving Russian gover...more »

*"Charlie Dog, Golondrinas, and the Impossibility of Ants:* * A Deep Study"* By Fred Reed "This morning when I emerged groggily into something resembling consciousness, I didn’t know that I was going to establish the impossibility of ants. Here was a deep philosophical matter, creeping up on me surreptitiously. The dogs as usual came thundering in to see whether we still existed and, having ascertained that we did, offered to have their ears scratched. Such are dogs. Our felines, Cat and Other Cat, sleep on the bed with us—north of the border, there is probably a federal law agains...more »

“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.” “Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.” “Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.” “Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.” “How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?” "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." - Satchel Paige

"Passion doesn't count the cost. Pascal said that the heart has its reasons that reason takes no account of. If he meant what I think, he meant that when passion seizes the heart it invents reasons that seem not only plausible but conclusive to prove that the world is well lost for love. It convinces you that honor is well sacrificed and that shame is a cheap price to pay. Passion is destructive. It destroyed Antony and Cleopatra, Tristan and Isolde, Parnell and Kitty O'Shea. And if it doesn't destroy it dies. It may be then that one is faced with the desolation of knowing that one ...more »

"Memories and feelings of nostalgia are nothing more than cruelties; they are the most beautiful lies we will ever convince ourselves to believe. We chase the false hope so fiercely that we nearly push ourselves past the edges of our sanity, longing for that which can never be in our possession again. These edges are blurred by our regrets and desperation all throughout the darkest hours of the night, until finally we are set free from the illusions and the ghosts of our past with the rising of the sun... and we are changed in some small, yet permanent way." - Margaret E. Rise

*“Lightly My Darling”* "It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humorless little prig. Lightly, lightly - it’s the best advice ever given me. When it comes to dying even. Nothing ponderous, or portentous, or emphatic. No rhetoric, no tremolos, no self conscious persona putting on its celebrated imitation of Christ or Little Nell. And of course, no theology...more »

*"The Story Behind the Iconic Photo of the Man * *Who Defied Hitler And the Nazis by Refusing to Salute"* by Jay Syrmopoulos "Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency ask the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But, conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right." - Martin Luther King, Jr. *Click image for larger size.* "In what can only be described as one of the most iconic photos of World War II, a lone m...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 P.M.) – The ISIS terrorist group has conducted a raid against a suspected Pershmerga sleeper cell in Iraqi’s province of Diyala. The raid resulted in the arrest of four (4) men who, paraded before the cameras of ISIS media, were then executed. Three of the accused spies were knelt-down and shot in […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:15 P.M.) – The defensive lines of Islamist militants in east Damascus’ Ayn Tarma District, after first beginning to buckle several days ago, now appear to be outright breaking in the face of a remorseless onslaught by Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces, led by the elite Republican Guard. After several airstrikes early this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

*THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017We wonder why nobody else did:* Yesterday, FBI nominee Christopher Wray appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was his confirmation hearing. At one point, Lindsey Graham asked him about last summer's performance by Comey the God. We think Wray's comments are worth recording. Here's how the colloquy started: GRAHAM (7/12/17): Comey. Did you see the press conference he gave about the Hillary Clinton investigation in July of last year? WRAY: Not live, but yes. GRAHAM: *Would you have done that?* Please note. Graham was talking about Comey the God...more »

This elephant will never forget the day it was part of a jumbo rescue mission after being dragged out to sea by strong currents. An elephant was rescued after it was found swimming more than nine miles off the coast of Sri Lanka. The creature had been dragged into the open sea by a current, the country's Navy said in a statement. One of its fast attack craft found it during a routine patrol, the force said, adding that a second craft and a team of divers had been dispatched to the sea off Kokkuthuduwai, Kokilai. Using ropes the rescue team were able to guide the pachyderm back to ...more »

While Donald Junior's "scandal" is even eclipsing news of the crack-up of an entire continent, the supposedly moribund stealth care reform bill is thrashiing through Congress like a silent but deadly sidewinder rattlesnake. Before millions of victims even know it, they'll have been bitten right in the ass, without recourse to the antitoxin which normally would be on standby from the first responders of the erstwhile Loyal Opposition (a/k/a the Democratic Party and their media sycophants.) It seems that our legislators are just doing what they do best. They pick a time when people ar...more »

Trump's crusade against environmental sustainability has reached a new pinnacle: Emily Flitter. July 12, 2017. Massive copper mine tests Trump's push to slash regulation http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-regulation-mining-idUSKBN19Y0D7 SUPERIOR, Arizona (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's proposed Resolution Copper Mine in Arizona would tunnel 7,000 feet underground, where rocks radiate heat from the earth’s molten core. It would suck up enough water to supply a city and leave a crater a mile and a half wide and 1,000 feet deep. Planned for more than a decade, the project would be...more »

The second day after Mosul was declared liberated there was still fightinggoing on inside the city. Gunfire could be heard, helicopters were attacking positions, and smoke was rising over the Old City district. The day before the U.S. led Coalition carried out three air strikes. The Iraqi forces (ISF) again claimed they were just mopping up IS elements, but it appeared to be a bit more than that. As the Islamic State has done since the start of the battle, they were firing and maneuvering. U.S. General Stephen Townsend admitted that there were pockets of IS men left in the city. ...more »

*Daily Mail:* *Revealed: 'Ordinary 'citizen' John McCain dispatched a trusted aide across the Atlantic to get dirty dossier from ex-spy after former British diplomat told him about blackmail tapes* * The Guardian charted the path the dirty dossier made from a British intelligence professional to Sen. John McCain and then the FBI * McCain, 80, put out a statement Wednesday saying that he was the bureau's source of the controversial dossier * The Arizona Republican found out about the dossier's existence while at a meeting in Canada and dispatched an emissary to hunt it down * He m...more »

This elephant will never forget the day it was part of a jumbo rescue mission after being dragged out to sea by strong currents. An elephant was rescued after it was found swimming more than nine miles off the coast of Sri Lanka. The creature had been dragged into the open sea by a current, the country's Navy said in a statement. One of its fast attack craft found it during a routine patrol, the force said, adding that a second craft and a team of divers had been dispatched to the sea off Kokkuthuduwai, Kokilai. Using ropes the rescue team were able to guide the pachyderm back t...more »

*By Doug Martin * *“In 15 years from now, half of US universities may be in bankruptcy. In the end I’m excited to see that happen. So pray for Harvard Business School if you wouldn’t mind.”** Clayton Christensen* (2013) *“**Thank** God for Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn.”* *Jeb Bush* *(NOTE: Michael Horn also is helping Mitch Daniels, but that topic goes beyond the scope of this blogpost)* When Michael Horn keynotesthe Metropolitan School District of Warren Township’s Blended Learning Forum in Indianapolis at Creston Intermediate/ Middle School on July 20, 2017, the Har...more »

*David Santoro* *Security, Asia* The way forward is more deterrence to keep North Korea in line and more sanctions and try to force it back into negotiations. That approach is imperfect, but it may yield results. Crispin Rovere and I discuss foreign policy all the time. Usually on Twitter. Virtually always on opposite ends of the argument. Not surprisingly, we again disagree over how the United States should respond to North Korea’s first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week. In his latest piece, Crispin describes potential consequences of two fundamen...more »

*Curt Mills* *Politics, Europe* [image: U.S. President Donald Trump looks at French President Emmanuel Macron before a family photo at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria] A Franco-American axis? Donald Trump and his entourage touched down in Paris Thursday morning, on the invitation of French president Emmanuel Macron, to attend Bastille Day celebrations the following day. At first glance, the two are seemingly near opposites, but recent developments bely a chummier relationship than observers had originally expected. Macron appears on the verg...more »

*Frederico Bartels* *Security, Americas* [image: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks with Croatia’s Minister of Defence Damir Krstičević during a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., July 12, 2017. Flickr / Department of Defense] The Pentagon cannot afford the luxury of maintaining excess infrastructure. It’s like owning a vacation home on a beach with a perpetual off season. There is a lot to like in the House and Senate Committee versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Unfortunately, both proposals would force taxpayers to continue to pay for unneeded...more »

*Loren B. Thompson* *Security, * What will Washington do? U.S. production of tanks has fallen to the lowest level in living memory. A grand total of 12 Abrams main battle tanks per year are coming out of the nation's last remaining tank plant in Lima, Ohio. Meanwhile, Russia plans to equip its forces in Europe with hundreds of next-generation tanks that look much more survivable than what U.S. soldiers have. The U.S. Army thus faces a crisis in heavy armor as it races to catch up with Russia after being distracted for many years by the global war on terror. Although Congress is...more »

*James Clark from Task and Purpose* *Security, * Turns out about 700 rounds fired at the cyclic rate from an M249 SAW is overkill. Sometimes a controlled burst from a light machine gun just doesn’t cut it, which is why weapons manuals include detailed breakdowns on when a barrel change is recommended — like, say, after you fire 850 rounds from an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in under a minute. Don’t think that’s likely to occur? Maybe not, but thankfully someone decided to show what actually happens when a gunner goes HAM on a SAW with a suppressor in one continuous minute-long ...more »

Back pain was the bane of my life! I constantly felt like I wanted to lie down and stretch out my back and back massages were almost daily routine in my house. Then I discovered a simple, easy way to relieve the pain through my feet! These five exercises are absolute magic; they’ll help rid

By Dr. Mercola Spending time outdoors can significantly lift your mood, so it’s no surprise that outdoor activities such as gardening and nature hikes have been found to be good therapy. In one survey, 80 percent of gardeners reported being “happy” and satisfied with their lives, compared to 67 percent of non-gardeners, and the more time

Without much more than a whisper from the mainstream media, Monsanto’s newest Frankenfood has received full EPA approval and will be arriving on dinner plates by the end of the decade. The implications of this are harrowing, to say the least. While you may not have made up your mind on the dangers of GMOs,

World Land-Bridge The Basement Managing the Global Water Supply New International Economic Order Video of 760AlyIYXY4 Join us at 9pm EDT for our weekly discussion featuring Marcia Merry Baker and Ben Deniston who participated in a recent joint Chinese/American advanced agriculture conference in New York City. It centered on the use of scientific advances and approaches to agriculture designed to immediately put an end to the irrational and inhuman continuation of hunger and starvation on our planet.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. (Reuters photo: Carlos Barria) *Elliot Kaufman, NRO*: *What Has Trump’s Policy Actually Been Toward Russia?* *So far the Trump administration has pursued a tough-on-Russia foreign policy. * Anyone who knows anything about President Trump knows that there’s something up with him and Russia. Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr. basically admitted to at least attempted collusion. And there is the long list of often embarrassingly positive statements Trump Sr. has made about the Russian president. Frank Bruni compiled them...more »

A patient appears to have had a change of heart about being featured in a case report. The patient cannot be identified in the paper published in Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases. However, according to the retraction notice, she threatened to sue if the authors did not withdraw it. After receiving the threat, the […] The post Authors say patient threatened legal action after being subject of scholarly paper appeared first on Retraction Watch.

*THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017Part 3—But first, the AP's transcript:* Who the heck is Masha Gessen? You're asking a very good question! Last weekend, C-Span aired the videotape of Gessen's May 7 appearance at the 2017 PEN World Voices Festival. The annual festival is produced by PEN America, a venerable organization which "works to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship." The festival was founded in 2005 under the leadership of Salman Rushdie, a leading figure in world literature, who was then PEN's president. We seem to be dealing f...more »

This and that for your Thursday reading. - Susanna Rustin reports on a new study from the London School of Economics demonstrating the lifelong personal impacts of childhood poverty. And Colleen Kimmit writes that the solution to food insecurity (along with other elements of personal precarity) is a guaranteed income, not charity or redundant skills training: Many people think of basic income as a radical, untested idea, but Canada already has it for a significant portion of the population: seniors. One of the first projects that PROOF worked on, based on research conducted by Lynn...more »

* this upcoming Friday, 'cause the good Lord knows it's the NRA's fault that people are killing each other with guns in Chicago.* What triggered all of this newest outrage? An NRA ad with Dana Loesche which I just watched for the first time moments ago and posted below. *Women's March Statement from their Facecrap page:* We know that we are not safe. But we will not be intimidated into silence. Recent actions of the NRA demonstrate not only a disregard for the lives of black and brown people in America, but appear to be a direct endorsement of violence against Women’s March leaders...more »

The serpents cannot hide their endtimes 10 Horn Beast empire forever. All that are in the western MSM is large political theatre for sheeple consumption before the soon unveiling of their endtimes empire. It has all been agreed upon behind the scenes: a 10 nations federation, United States of Europe. I am counting the days […]

*Kris Osborn* *Security, * Will it happen? The US Navy seeks a new combat-capable Frigate able to destroy swarming small boat attacks, support carrier strike groups, conduct disaggregated operations, attack enemies with an over-the-horizon missile and engage in advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare, according to a recently completed service requirements review. Findings from a Navy Requirements Evaluation Team, delineated in a recently released Request for Information (RFI) to industry, offer a unique and unprecedented window into the weapons, technologies and broad missi...more »

Of course the US meddled in Russian elections in 1996. The post Former Bill Clinton adviser goes on record, ‘US President meddled in 1996 Russian election, in favor of Boris Yeltsin’ (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

The United States has committed crimes against humanity in Syria, Iraq and beyond. Evidence that they are doing anything to fight terrorism is scant and laughable. The post America’s hypocritical war crimes continue in Syria, Iraq and beyond appeared first on The Duran.

Sensational new revelations leave few other reasonable or logical possibilities. The post The Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. was either a useful idiot or a spy working for the US government appeared first on The Duran.

Here, on the noteworthy contrast in positions on income supports in the NDP's leadership campaign (and particularly the recent debate in Saskatoon). For further reading... - Jeremy Nuttall discussed the state of the campaign prior to Tuesday's debate. And Peter Zimonjic offered a summary of the debate. - I'd previously blogged here about the difference between Guy Caron's basic income proposal and Jagmeet Singh's limited income guarantees. - The NDP's policy book is here (PDF). And I'll point in particular to the following passages as to universality in transfers as well as public s...more »

A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia,” on June 14, 2016. Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, center right, testified as Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, center left, sat behind him. (House Foreign Affairs Committee) *The Hill:* *Exclusive: DOJ let Russian lawyer into US before she met with Trump team* The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump’s inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under “extraordinary circumstances” before she embarked on a lobbying campaign last year t...more »

In June 2011 Egyptian cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny made a fascinating speech about 'Enslavement of People Captured in Jihad: They All Become Booty' You can watch the speech here at MEMRI Thanks to MEMRI you can also read here 'Egyptian Cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny Explains Enslavement of People Captured in Jihad: They All Become Booty (Archival) *In a lecture, Egyptian cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny explained how the enslavement of people in countries conquered by Jihad is carried out. "In every war there is a winner and a loser," he said. "According to the rules of Islam, all the peo...more »

Courtesy of Think Progress: *During a CNN interview Wednesday morning, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) issued a threat — if Democrats don’t move on from the enlarging scandal surrounding the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia, Republicans will have no choice but to further investigate the Clintons. * *“If this continues — this immobilization of the presidency over these kind of things — it’s gonna force Congress to do an investigation, a complete and thorough investigation, and that means go back all the way to the 650,000 emails of Anthony Weiner and look at [former FBI Dire...more »

*"America’s Elites Are on Top of the World”* by Bill Bonner "Poor David Brooks… Yesterday, while waiting for one dose of claptrap, we were whacked by another. Fed chief Janet Yellen was scheduled to speak before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill at 10:00am. Waiting, we read a column by Mr Brooks in The New York Times: ‘Recently I took a friend with only a high school degree to lunch. Insensitively, I led her into a gourmet sandwich shop. Suddenly I saw her face freeze up as she was confronted with sandwiches named “Padrino” and “Pomodoro” and ingredients like s...more »

The fabiusmaximus site has a post on "The Secret Reason For Hot Political Rhetoric", and the following was my response, which goes to the heart of the problem--not just political--as enlightened by my discovery of the re-formation and design of the Earth's surface by the "gods" of ancient "myth": *There is some truth in laying the problem on "tribalism" (which is a clue that the past is the key to the present), but that is focusing on the symptoms, not the disease. The same criticism applies to your proposition that the Democrats and Republicans are coming together, towards a "unifi...more »

The latest frenzied outbursts of "Russiagate" are not over a meeting with a Russian lawyer; they are over a summit meeting with the Russian President. President Trump's policy has been consistent and courageous — "Cooperation with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing; we both have huge nuclear arsenals; we can fight terrorism, we can end the constant wars" — in the face of ever more hysterical McCarthyism from the media and both parties in the Congress. What was at stake in that Trump-Putin summit: peace in the Mideast and North Africa regions destroyed by Bush and Obama's "reg...more »

Five MPs filed the lawsuit with Sweden’s public prosecutor for Mr Erdogan’s role in the bloody conflict between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants REUTERS *The Independent: **Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkish President could face arrest in Sweden over 'genocide’ lawsuit* *Complaint is country's first to be lodged against head of state, which could see him arrested if pursued by prosecutor's office.* Swedish lawmakers have filed a complaint against the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Five MPs filed the lawsui...more »

Say what you will about Justin's Trudeau's policies -- when the rubber hits the road, there's a lot of continuity between him and Stephen Harper -- the fact is that, when it comes to optics, he's a much better politician than his predecessor. Put simply, his appointment of Julie Payette as the next Governor General is a brilliant stroke. Payette is a highly accomplished woman -- brilliant, scientifically gifted, with superb soft skills which can be communicated in six languages. Trrudeau could not have chosen a better person to represent Canada -- at home and abroad -- than Payett...more »

For the first time in its eight-year history, Nature Chemistry has retracted a paper, citing “data integrity issues.” The 2010 paper, which explored how various iron-based molecules interact with water and ethanol, was withdrawn after the authors uncovered possible duplication in two images. According to the retraction notice, the authors could not provide the raw […] The post Nature Chemistry issues its first retraction appeared first on Retraction Watch.

In the latest edition of the Bank for International Settlements annual report (2016/2017 edition), BIS outlines where the economy's Achilles heel lies - the accumulation of unprecedented levels of debt. While the bank for central bankers notes that the global economy has strengthened over the past year with economic growth rates approaching long-term averages, there are four risks that could threaten the sustainability of the expansion: 1.) a rise in inflation 2.) financial stress as financial cycles mature 3.) weakening consumption, demand and investment because of growing debt l...more »

By Paul Homewood Put this in your calendar for 2020! The world has three years to start making significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or face the prospect of dangerous global warming, experts have warned in an article in the prestigious journal Nature. Calling for world leaders to be guided by the scientific […]

*Bernie with Ben Jealous-- the best news in this post about Maryland politics* Maryland Congressman John Delaney is barely a Democrat. Or, to be fair, he's the archetype member of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. A conservative multimillionaire serving the interests of the very rich, he's passionately anti-progressive and that's very much reflected in his atrocious voting record. ProgressivePunch rates him an "F" and this cycle Delaney's crucial vote score is an abysmal 45.83, not just the lowest of any Maryland Democrat, but way down at the bottom of the barrel among al...more »

NPR reports: In defiance of a court order, the Justice Department is refusing to release part of a security form dealing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contacts with the Russian government. On June 12, a judge had ordered the agency to provide the information within 30 days, a deadline which passed on Wednesday. A recently-launched ethics watchdog group called American Oversight filed a Freedom of Information Act request in March for sections of the Standard Form 86 relating to Sessions' contacts "with any official of the Russian government." ... The Standard Form 86, more c...more »

*No safe spaces for men at Harvard* *This is disgustingly sexist. Women can have "safe spaces" where men are not alowed but men cannot have the same freedom. But Harvard boss Drew Faust is a woman so sexism is to be expected from her. Leftist women tend to be blind to their own biases* Harvard University students would be forbidden from joining elite, off-campus clubs under a proposal made public Wednesday, upending more than 100 years of college tradition. The policy applies to all “private, exclusionary social organizations” but the committee acknowledged its main target ar...more »

*What Rick Perry really said about supply and demand* by Jeff Jacoby Lordy, how the mean girls jeered when Energy Secretary Rick Perry offered some extemporaneous words of encouragement to workers at a coal-fired power plant in West Virginia last week. "Here's a little economics lesson," Perry said in response to a question about how the coal industry can stay competitive when the shale revolution of the last 10 years has made the supply of natural gas so abundant and cheap. "Supply and demand: You put the supply out there, and the demand will follow." Cue an avalanche of media...more »

Boris Johnson is known for forging his own political style, but says he tips the hat to Trump when it comes to the US president's tweets The post Bumbling Boris: ‘I wish I could tweet like Trump!’ says UK foreign secretary appeared first on The Duran.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:15 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), led by the Desert Hawks paramilitary group and further supported by the National Defence Forces (NDF) and Palestinian Liwa al-Quds Brigade, advanced this morning against ISIS in the countryside of eastern Hama. Pro-government forces succeeded in liberating the villages of Um Tuwaynah, al-Hardaneh and al-Qatshiyah, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – Militants of the Jaysh al-Islam rebel group, a coalition of Islamist and jihadist fighters, have released footage of their forces in East Ghouta deploying a whole suite of heavy weapons and small arms against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its alllies during a recent engagement in the region. In […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:55 P.M.) – Within hours of commencing their operation to liberate the ISIS-held town of al-Sukhnah via a southwards drive from Raqqa Governonate, the elite Tiger Forces of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) – supported by other pro-government outfits – have already taken a number of key sights from the terrorist group. So […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:45 A.M.) – Confirmatory reports have come in announcing the start of the week-long awaited operation by the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) elite Tiger Forces, alongside other pro-government outfits, to liberate the strategic town of al-Sukhnah from ISIS. The offensive began with the Tiger Forces storming ISIS positions south of the town of […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

No one denies climate. Making the "climate denier" label, completely and utterly absurd. But, the climate cult adherents don't let* that fact *interfere with their attempt at perception management. One* should always expect* that *a natural occurrence* of any sort will be* spun by Climate Cult and it’s indoctrinated followers-* Weather as a weapon, works in more then one way. *Natural, normal weather/climactic/geographic occurrences and patterns can always be spun as something tied to “human induced climate change”* In fact *“human induced”* itself is a *spin term* often *employe...more »

*“$6.5 TRILLION Missing From Defense Department”* by Bob Unruh This drug lord’s cache was estimated at $220 million, meaning the Defense Department can’t account for more than *29,000* stacks like this. "A relatively obscure audit report from the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense suddenly is getting a lot of attention for what it apparently reveals: *The Pentagon can’t account for $6.5 trillion. *At ArmstrongEconomics, the blog reported, “Once again, the office of inspector general has come up with a huge hole in the Department of Defense with a m...more »

*Tom Nichols* *Security, * The end of world...almost. *Every one of these crises could have resulted in a global conflagration. Earlier crises (such as the Berlin Blockade of 1948 or the Korean attack of 1950) could have led to war, but they took place before the superpowers developed huge stockpiles of nuclear-armed intercontinental missiles. Each crisis was eventually resolved in favor of peace, but in every case both sides relied on gambles, and survived as much by luck as by strategy.* An international “crisis” is the anxious space between peace and war. It is defined by th...more »

*Tom Nichols* *Security, * Yes, this is sadly still very possible. *There are paths to nuclear war that rely on the most durable source of war there is: human stupidity. If the major powers don’t bumble into a nuclear war, or get dragged into one by their friends, they can always just choose to launch one themselves.* *During the Cold War, NATO’s strategy was actually quite simple. We can’t defeat you, we told the Soviets, and so if you invade Western Europe, you will be placing us in a position where we will have no choice but to repel you with battlefield nuclear weapons. You...more »

.@JoeNBC announced that he's leaving #GOP to become an Independent. @StephenAtHome's full interview with Joe and @morningmika airs tonight! pic.twitter.com/OhLgXvYakH — The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) July 11, 2017 Courtesy of WaPo: *Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show “Morning Joe,” is leaving the Republican Party. * *He made the announcement Tuesday night during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” alongside his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earl...more »

The chart above shows Ma Ying-jeou's trust and approval ratings from the TISR Taiwan Mood Barometer Survey from Dec of 2015, just before the election. The chart shows his ratings for the whole of his Administration. The dark blue line at the bottom that ends in 18.3% is his satisfaction rating, the red line, trust, the yellow, distrust, and the blue, dissatisfaction. That's right. Ma's approval hardly touched 40% the whole of his eight years, and he spent most of his second term below 20%. He *got re-elected* with below-30% satisfaction. Let us recall that at the moment Tsai's par...more »

Good expose by Abby Martin as she punches holes in US lies about Venezuela. It should be remembered that Venezuela has the largest oil deposits on the planet. Usually that is all the evidence necessary to prove the US wants regime change. The crime of the Maduro government in Caracas? Using the profits from oil sales to help the poor. Guilty as charged.....more »

Donald Trump's son Donald is being harassed for having met an attractive Russian female lawyer. I am amazed by this hysteria and find it as wild and overblown as Russia's FM Lavrov. What's wrong about meeting a Russian lawyer, especially if she could have possessed some useful data on the opponent of the campaign that you direct? Is a Russian lawyer worse than a Japanese, Spanish, or Mexican one? These efforts to outlaw the very *meetings* with people who are Russian are exactly on par with the Nazis' anti-Semitism and if you think that you're any better, Yankees, you have just blin...more »

Ukraine did meddle in US elections, and the double standard and hypocrisy is disgusting. The post Hannity continues to expose “real news” Ukraine US election meddling with stunning evidence (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Trump Jr. meeting: Lying is a political sin, not a crime says Alan Dershowitz. The post Harvard Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz, says talk of Trump Jr. “treason” is nonsense (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

Nikolai Azarov said that although it is without legal precedent, the ruling regime which came to power in an illegal coup will likely go as it came. The post Former Kiev PM predicts Ukrainian regime change appeared first on The Duran.

Max Boot is the latest necon to go on Tucker Carlson Tonight and showcase his amazing stupidity. The post Tucker Carlson destroys neocon warmonger Max Boot over Syria, Iran and Russian policy (Video) appeared first on The Duran.

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SourceLet's be clear, Donald Trump is NOT a religious man. Though he will play the part of one in order to fool the Evangelicals into voting for him. The story behind this photo is that it was a "laying on of hands" by evangelical leaders invited into the Oval Office. Now why does this seem so familiar? Oh yeah, that's right. I wonder if this will be as big of a fail for Trump as it was for Palin way back in the day?

From Jenna Orkin Era of ‘Biological Annihilation’ Is Underway, Scientists Warn 102 million dead California trees 'unprecedented in our modern history,' officials say Meet Christopher Wray, Trump's pick for FBI director who gets grilled by the Senate Wednesday "We Are Forced To Strike Back": Russia Set To Expel 30 US Diplomats, Seize US Assets A military expert just blew a massive hole in the theory that a new photo proves Amelia Earhart survived Why does it look like somebody close to the White House is trying to destroy Don Jr.? Scotland may be the first country to offer fre...more »

I have had glimpses of this story and it is completely plausible, not least because it clearly explains the three wise men as no other known source can. Better than all that it gets him to where it was possible to become a fully adept spiritual master while young. It is also plausible that Jesus was powerful enough to actually survive a short death with careful planning and confederates to work with. The actual plan to do so would have been given to him by the spirit side. Not anyone's ambition. The point of course is all in history since. It has anchored western civiliza...more »

Bah! We are only looking at the aspect of government expenditures and that is hardly the whole story. It is my contention that we need to correctly manage the lowest third of the population in such a manner that it becomes naturally self sustaining. This only illustrates what a lousy job we are presently doing.After all if the bottom ten or twenty percent is automatically both self sustaining and advancing the general needs of society, then the rest will be booming. What we are doing is actually trivial but it consists of establishing a market bid protocol that is optimized a...more »

Essentially it is worth while to try this. It is otherwise harmless enough and may well assist. It obviously should be more commonly applied. Castor oil has other benefits and should not be allowed to go rancid.. *.* * How to Remove a Cataract and Get 20/20 Vision with Castor Oil * * RiseEarth 2:38 PM Health , ia * *http://www.riseearth.com/2017/04/how-to-remove-cataract-and-get-2020.html* *According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, there are about 24.4 million people at the age above 40 that have cataracts, only in America. Obviously, anyone would like to know how ...more »

The land of mists must surely be Britain and likely along the Bristol Channel which ultimately supported Stone Henge. Alternates are also plausible but when the origin is Egypt, then we are surely on the well trodden Bronze Age sea routes. The appellation of land of mists beast appl ies to the British isles as well. The land is clearly primitive. This would hold true during the early Bronze Age. Were this text set during roman times, then this text would fail. An alternate during Roman times could be the American North East Coast. That is simply unlikely. Another reaso...more »

North Korean Soldier argues with girlfriends. The frustration shows... There are elements to the ongoing conflict between North Korea and US/South Korea. It's difficult to tell what the players are doing without a program. It's almost as difficult with a program, but I'll throw my cracker in the soup once again. Russia enjoys seeing the US trying to unwind the North Korean Gordian Knot, while China takes a more clinical approach to the issue. Both plan to remain in the bleachers and criticize the US. One 'F-You' that the US could do to both China and Russia would be to sell nucle...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) – Authorities of the Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadist factions have, in a recent degree released from their administrative center in Idlib, banned all members of the militant group from extra-judicially declaring Takfir (the act of denouncing a Muslim) against any self-proclaimed follower of Islam. The statement released by HTS clarifies […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:45 A.M.) – The Lebanese security force arrested a Syrian national, Wednesday, for being affiliated with a known terrorist group in the ‘Akkar Municipality. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, the Syrian national was identified as Fayyad G.; however, the jihadist group was not identified. Lebanon’s ‘Akkar and ‘Arsal municipalities have been hotbeds […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:30 A.M.) – A large convoy of Hezbollah fighters traveled to the eastern countryside of Al-Sweida, Wednesday, after a long stint in the Aleppo Governorate. According to a military source in Damascus, the convoy consisted entirely of Syrian Hezbollah fighters from the predominately Shi’i towns of Al-Zahra’a and Nubl in northern Aleppo. These […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

Now this is odd... 'The Russian lawyer who penetrated Donald Trump's inner circle was initially cleared into the United States by the Justice Department under "extraordinary circumstances" before she embarked on a lobbying campaign last year that ensnared the president's eldest son, members of Congress, journalists and State Department officials, according to court and Justice Department documents and interviews. This revelation means it was the Obama Justice Department that enabled the newest and most intriguing figure in the Russia-Trump investigation to enter the country with...more »

Yesterday I met a taxi driver called Rob who told me about two experiences he had had regarding the deaths of relatives. *1.* Rob's female cousin, Mary, was seriously ill in hospital, in Preston, in England. During the night, Rob woke up and briefly saw a figure at the foot of his bed. The figure looked like Mary. Rob guessed that Mary had died and had come to visit him. Very shortly afterwards, Rob was informed by phone that Mary had died. *2.* Rob's father, unlike Rob himself, constantly used wooden toothpicks. Rob's father died. Rob then found a wooden toothpick in his poc...more »

Fine analysis from Melanie Phillips: 'There is an urgent need to recalibrate the whole issue of the Arab war against Israel; to recalibrate it as one of war and victory; and to recalibrate it not just for the benefit of the Palestinians but also for the west and also for Israel. We have to ask ourselves, surely, why do the Palestinians think the war is still on. Well, I think there are a number of reasons for that. One reason is that, unfortunately, if you are a religious Muslim you believe that any land conquered by Islam is then consecrated to Islam and nobody else can ever have...more »

AC Grayling weighs in on progress in Artificial Intelligence - this is the first time he has publicly discussed the issues he does in this interview. “I think the thing that is going to change everything is machine learning; is artificial intelligence and robotics…this is an enormous dogs leg in human history in a way that the intelligence systems can teach themselves, can become even smarter than they are already.”

The William P. Puller is one massive vessel. USN *Tyler Rogoway, The Drive:* *The Navy's Gargantuan New Sea Base Is On Its Way To The Middle East* *A new age of sea basing has arrived for US military.* The highly modified Alaska class oil tanker, now dubbed Expeditionary Mobile Base USNS William P. "Chesty" Puller, left Norfolk on June 10th and is on its way to the Middle East with no return date in sight. The deployment marks a new age in America's ability to be able to project persistent naval power abroad, and is the first time a purpose-built sea base has been fielded by the...more »

During this year's Bastille Day parade in France, the US will be honoured to mark the 100th anniversary of its entrance into World War I pic.twitter.com/WN0O4jEmdY — AFP news agency (@AFP) July 12, 2017 Losing access to London’s financial markets would be ‘suicide’ for EU countries, says senior UK banker https://t.co/Y5WPP9FIi3 pic.twitter.com/D0C0HpiqRt — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 12, 2017 The US Must Rethink How It Uses Special Operators, Says Incoming SOF 'Secretary' https://t.co/Fdh21iWARx via @defenseone — Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) July 13, 2017 China trade wit...more »

*“The Tripwire on the Next ‘Black Monday’”* by Brian Maher "The Dow plunged 508 points that hell-mouth day - an unthinkable 22%. A similar stock market event today would spell a 4,724-point cataclysm. We liken that October day in 1987 to the ancient Battle of Cannae, when invincible Rome lost as many as 70,000 legionnaires to Hannibal’s armies - in a single day. Or July 1, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when nearly 20,000 British soldiers fell before the German guns, and never got up. What could lead today’s market to its own Cannae, its own Somme, another Black M...more »

*The Drive:* *This Is What a 700-Round Burst Out of a M249 SAW Does to a Suppressor* *They are becoming more popular on battlefields overseas and here at home. * Suppressors are hot items these days, both in the military and the civilian world. But they can also get very hot during extended firing periods, and can even self destruct before the barrels they are attached to do the same. The guys over at West Coast Armory put a little video together to show what a machine gun and a lot of ammo, 700 rounds of 5.56X45 to be exact, can do to one of these sounds suppressing weapon accou...more »

CEO of the CME Group: “Gold Should Probably be $5,000 to $6,000 per Ounce” by Turd Ferguson, https://www.tfmetalsreport.com/ A few moments ago on Fox Business Channel we heard someone proclaim that “given all that’s going on the world, gold should probably be $5,000 to $6,000 per ounce”. Who actually had the gall to say this on live television? You […]

Published on Jul 12, 2017 As more information surfaces about the Russian reporter who emailed Donald Trump Jr. and met once, we’ve learned that Natalia Veselnitskaya is an Anti-Trumper who works for George Soros. end

Published on May 11, 2017 Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is an internationally-recognized human rights crime—but those being impacted are harshly punished for not only acts of resistance, but even mere advocacy for their rights. Getting detailed facts about Israel’s imposition of Military Law in the West Bank, Abby Martin visits the the Ramallah […]

The Media Says the US Just Liberated Mosul: Here’s What Really Happened by Darius Shahtahmasebi, http://theantimedia.org/ (ANTIMEDIA) — The mainstream media appears to be celebrating ISIS’ recent defeat in Mosul, albeit with some reservations. The media is largely using the word “liberation,” which indicates the people of Mosul have been freed from a monstrous force by a friendly, benevolent one. – In […]

Published on Jul 12, 2017 CREDIT ‘BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY’ One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has been created after breaking free from an ice shelf in Antarctica. The more than 1 trillion metric ton mass of ice calved sometime between July 10-12 and is now adrift off the coast. The carving took several years. […]

Published on Jul 12, 2017 A joint center on Syria was one of several matters agreed by Putin and Trump during their first encounter on the sidelines of the G20 summit last week. However, less then a week later – it seems some in the US administration are losing enthusiasm, as Jacqueline Vouga explains. end

Published on Jul 11, 2017 Rob Kirby, outspoken commentator, proprietary analyst and founder of KirbyAnalytics.com returns to Reluctant Preppers to spell out the timeline to collapse. Kirby explains how intervention in our capital markets has been rampant, our cash system is a crack-house, and why it needs to be busted. Kirby further argues that those […]

Alan Dershowitz Slams New York Times For Trump Jr. “Treason” Claims by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com Over the past couple of days, the emergence of details regarding Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russian-born lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya has prompted a return of the Trump-Russia mass hysteria on the part of the mainstream media and the left. Hillary […]

*Miami Herald:* *Slingshots vs. shotguns: Venezuela’s ‘youth resistance’ takes on the government* Venezuela’s ongoing street protests are increasingly looking like outright warfare. As security forces shoot rubber bullets, tear-gas canisters and sometimes live rounds at the churning crowds, increasingly restive mobs are responding with lethal slingshots, homemade mortars and Molotov cocktails. This week, seven National Guard members were injured in Caracas when a roadside bomb exploded as they drove by on motorcycles. Leading the opposition shock-troops are loose-knit groups of yo...more »

A resident of New York City Housing Authority's Chelsea-Elliot Houses. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer The loss of more than 80 lives in London’s Grenfell Tower fire on June 14 was tragic and wholly preventable. It is no coincidence, though, that it happened in subsidized low-income housing. As someone who has spent 25 years researching and writing about the travails of public housing in the U.S., I had this immediate thought: Could the same thing happen here? Various commentators have pointed out that American regulations require sprinklers and do not permit the use of cladding materials...more »

*Still, a better candidate than the lottery winner * A couple months back, a Democratic Party operative called me and told me he couldn't wait to introduce me to the "dream candidate" the DCCC had recruited to run in Orange County against Dana Rohrabacher. Hans Keirstead is a super rich-- a DCCC requirement-- stem cell scientist who looks GREAT... at least on paper. I've tried to meet him, but he's managed to avoid meeting or talking. I haven't seen him in action either but I do know the DCCC has been working to clear the field for him. They've persuaded candidates from the district...more »

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:05 A.M.) – A Saudi military base went up in flames on Wednesday after the Houthi forces carried out a vicious assault in the Jizan Region of Saudi Arabia. The Houthi forces attacked the Nahouqah Base in the Jizan Region, Wednesday, using heavy artillery and guided missiles. As a result of this attack […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:55 A.M.) – The Russian and Syrian air forces were busy on Wednesday carrying out several airstrikes over the Deir Ezzor Governorate. Flying out of the Homs and Hasakah governorates, Russian and Syrian air battalions launched more than 20 airstrikes over the Deir Ezzor Governorate, Wednesday, targeting the Islamic State’s (ISIL) positions at […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:45 A.M.) – The Egyptian Air Force carried out a strategic attack on Thursday morning that resulted in the death of many jihadists near the Gaza Strip border with the Sinai Peninsula. According to local activists, an Egyptian predator drone struck a gathering of Aknef Beit Al-Maqdis militants near the Rafah border-crossing this […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 A.M.) – A group of US-backed rebels have defected to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the Al-Sweida Governorate after more than a month of fighting. According to local activists, a group of Assoud Al-Sharqiyah rebels defected to the Syrian Arab Army, Wednesday, after a successful meeting between their commander, Abu Saddam, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

The percentage of high school seniors who by June 30 had filed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — better known as the FAFSA — reached a new high level this year after several years of decline, according to new data compiled by the National College Access Network.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The father of a Penn State student who died from injuries suffered during a fraternity pledge night earlier this year said he’s exasperated by the pace of an ongoing pre-trial hearing for students charged in connection with his son’s death. Jim Piazza released a statement late Tuesday that said he has not […]

BOSTON — A proposal at Harvard University would ban all fraternities, sororities and single-gender clubs starting in fall 2018, a measure that’s largely aimed at the school’s exclusive, all-male social clubs that have been blamed for problems with sexual assault and alcohol abuse. The recommendation was announced Wednesday by a faculty committee that was created […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Consultants hired to review Pennsylvania’s financially strapped state-owned university system are not recommending any of the 14 campuses be closed or merged. The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems is sharing its findings Wednesday with the governing board of the State System of Higher Education. The system is suffering from dropping […]

PHOENIX — A former legislator who championed most of Arizona’s toughest immigration laws is threatening to sue the state university system over its decision to at least temporarily keep providing lower in-state tuition rates for immigrants granted deferred deportation status. Former state Senate President Russell Pearce says a 2006 voter-enacted law prohibits public benefits for […]

In the wake of several racial incidents that plagued the University of Maryland during the 2016-2017 school year, the university appointed Dr. Roger L. Worthington as its new chief diversity officer. He takes over for Kumea Shorter Gooden, who resigned in January. Worthington, who also is Interim Associate Provost, has worked at UMD as professor […]

*Patrick Tucker, Defense One*: *Tomorrow Soldier: How The Military Is Altering the Limits of Human Performance* *Breakthroughs in biometric science mean future troops will fight with weapons that understand them — inside and out.* Imagine a group of volunteers, their chests rigged with biophysical sensors, preparing for a mission in a military office building outfitted with cameras and microphones to capture everything they do. “We want to set up a living laboratory where we can actually pervasively sense people, continuously, for a long period of time. The goal is to do our best ...more »

By Brenda Norrell Censored News Photo by Rob Wilson Standing Rock -- the water protectors and their camps -- are the future. Why? Because this Native led movement resisted, without compromise, to the extent that a militarized army of police were summoned to batter them. But even these forces could not break their spirits. If the world had not been watching, there is no doubt that the

By Keith Orchison By coincidence I have come across the new “Climate of the Nation” report from the strongly green-leaning Climate Institute on the same day I have been reading the latest Essential Report polling and just after looking at a pre-dawn snapshot of east coast market capacity on a pretty standard winter’s day. Taking […]

North Korea successfully launched a Hwasong-14 missile with a possible range of about 6,700km. Picture: AFP *ABC News Online*:* North Korea's claims of intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry capability disputed by South Korea* South Korea's intelligence agency does not believe North Korea has secured re-entry capabilities for its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, a South Korean politician has said, disputing Pyongyang's account. North Korea launched what was said to be a nuclear-capable ICBM last week as it presses on with its nuclear and missile programs in d...more »

Sergey M., an Odessa, Ukraine anti-maidan activist and eye-witness of May 2nd 2014 tragedy, came to the Hague to take part in memorial event and to tell Dutch people the truth about that day. Luckily for him, he decided not to go inside the Trade Union House on May 2 but remained on the square, taking pictures of the events. According to Sergey, the massacre in the Trade Unions House was carefully planned before hand and a group of Ukrainian nationalists sneaked into the building on April 30th. Kulikovo Field activists made their own investigation of what has happened there. The ...more »

I'm fully aware that this might be just a publicity stunt: Musician Kid Rock said Wednesday that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in 2018 in his home state of Michigan. The bid was first launched as a website, kidrockforsenate.com, which the singer just validated and shared on Twitter. He also tweeted, “I will have a major announcement in the near future.” Rock, whose birth name is Robert Ritchie, has been suggested as a possible Republican candidate to challenge Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who was first elected in 2000. So far, it doesn't seem legit: As of Wednesday afternoon,...more »

“Israeli scientists have been trying to prove that they are genetically related to the Palestinians. The purpose is to try and justify their claim over the territory. However, instead the studies show that their ‘Y Chromosome’ is related to the Kurds. In ancient times the Khazar kingdom was just north of Kurdistan. … The Khazar […]

Published on Jul 12, 2017 For the first time, The Maestro brings together two market analyst titans to the table to discuss Janet Yellen, monetary policy, principles of finance, a declining dollar, the future of pensions, precious metal hedges, and TONS of charts and data! end

NATO build up encroaching Russian defenses. Photo source: The Risk Advisory Group. *Zero Hedge:* *US Approves $3.9 Billion Patriot Missile System For Romania; Putin: "We Will Be Forced To Respond"* On Tuesday the State Department approved the sale of $3.9 billion in patriot missile systems to NATO-member Romania after prior Russia warnings that such actions could be met with severe reprisals. The announcement, issued through the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is sure to be a huge shot across the bow following on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin's earl...more »

*Breaking Point, by K.M. Ramich* *-by Skip Kaltenheuser* "The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones..." Updated, Shakespeare's Mark Anthony might have included mischief done while scrambling for campaign funds as the finance sector obliges those doing its bidding. That mischief stumbles on like a zombie. This tortured comparison came to mind after reading a Naked Capitalism post by former derivatives trader Jerry-Lynn Scofield, Doubling Down on Deregulation: SEC Extends JOBS Act Benefit in Elusive Quest to Goose IPO Market. The post notes a be...more »

If that did not put a smile on your face or a tear in your eye than you may not be human. What's more the hashtag #BringBackObama was trending all day yesterday. #BringBackObama (and Michelle, too) pic.twitter.com/yqcziRWHq7 — LIZ DENNERY (@SheBrandLiz) July 12, 2017 .@MichaelSkolnik if only we could#BringBackObama pic.twitter.com/ZhtPVZfOo6 — Little Bay Girl (@MagdafromPoi) July 12, 2017 the Pope baby is too delightful to pass up #bringbackobama pic.twitter.com/vAbJo0fcgX — Cherish (@cherishbearclaw) July 12, 2017 #bringbackobama pic.twitter.com/1LJ0AntjA7 — Jenna Anne...more »

*Daily Mail:* 'Why would Putin want me?' Trump says Russia would have been better off with Clinton as president because she would have 'decimated' the US military and made energy more expensive * Interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson came amid a cascade of revelations about Russian election meddling * Trump said the Kremlin would have been better off with Clinton as president * 'He would like Hillary where she wants to have windmills,' he said of Putin * President has had next to nothing on his public schedule since he returned to the US last weekend from...more »

In interview with CBN News on the Hamburg summit President Trump speaks of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin with a respect and realism shown by scarcely any other leading US politician. The post Trump on the Hamburg summit: startling realism on Putin and Russia appeared first on The Duran.

By Paul Homewood News from Bloomberg: A billion-barrel crude discovery in Mexico could be just the lure the country needs to boost investment from oil majors as it lacks the wherewithal to reverse years of sagging output. At a time when global oil prices were cratering, and drillers were nervously cutting exploration funds, […]

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (2:00 A.M.) – Following the 2nd stage of the ‘Big Dawn’ offensive in southern Syria, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) received a large batch of Hezbollah reinforcements in the eastern countryside of Sweida on Wednesday afternoon. The Hezbollah convoy consisted exclusively of its Syrian branch, comprised of soldiers from the two Shiite towns […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (1:30 A.M.) – The Islamic State’s machine-guns and anti-aircraft guns are doing their utmost to bring down American warplanes over the provincial capital of Raqqa, a series of new photos published by Amaq Agency reveal. The images show US bombers hovering over the Islamic State capital in plain sight of jihadist belligerents. Furthermore, […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:15 A.M.) – Hezbollah will surprise the Israeli military in an upcoming armed conflict, Sayyed Hashem Safeddine stated during a televised interview on Wednesday. The head of Hezbollah’s executive council told Al-Manar TV on the anniversary of the 2006 War that his organization has been changing and developing their tactics over the last […] Source: AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز

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